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Re: what would be saved?

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:40 pm
by scott
i think MoG you hit on the head, explaind what i was after, each government would place its most prized possessions in the vault, i want impresive items, not just say weapons, though a legendary sword from japan or something would be cool, im sort of going for a more historical feel to the library, the plane is an good idea however its a little too big, i would say 2.5 meters high and 5 meters wide.

its hard to come up with a question that dont give out too much information and ideas as original concept is hard to come by these days.

it will all be reveald soon :D

i promise.

Re: what would be saved?

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:02 am
by MakerOfGames
Ah, ok, then I would say that there would be things like, newspapers that documented big events, like starting wars and tragedies that have occurred. The oldest copy of the bible is one item that would be in there like you said. The Shroud of Turin would be another. Each powerful country would want their flag in there. Maybe even things such as the most advanced cell phone at the time to show how advanced the society was. Probably a sarcophagus of say, King Tut. And priceless pieces of art! The Mona Lisa, and works of Picasso, Monet and Michaelangelo. That's all I have time to think up right now.

EDIT: Got some more ideas.
Musical instruments, like the trumpet, flute, and guitar. Scotland would contribute a bagpipe and other countries their own instrument(lier, harp etc..). Australia could save "outback" technology that most people think of when thinking about roughing it there. Thats all I have for now.

Re: what would be saved?

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:17 pm
by jonas
I really like the idea of backing as much of the worlds data up as possible. Especially for a game, because with in that data you would have stuff from just about every culture imagined. You would have history, music, ect. Yes all stored with in the database...but that alone would let people know what their history was like.(for an added twist...someone tries to erase some of the history :lol:) Then maybe like you say maybe the countries most prized belongings. I know some of the asian countries make tea, maybe some of their top quality. Maybe a samurai sword like you've already stated. Americans...I honestly can't think of anything really besides the constitution, bill of rights and so on.

Re: what would be saved?

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:11 pm
by scott
thanks MoG that will really help, is there a site where these sort of things are mentiond, i would do research myself but i dont know of any one site or few sites that would contain these things, it would be also helpful to see pictures of these things but im sure google can help there :D

Re: what would be saved?

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:32 pm
by MakerOfGames
There might be, but I just thought those up off the top of my head. I'll see if I can get anything more to help you out.

Re: what would be saved?

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:49 am
by darksmaster923
can we bring a house? and we should bring a nuclear power generator too. might be handy

Re: what would be saved?

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:40 am
by vrageprogrammer
I would save the day.

Re: what would be saved?

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 4:17 pm
by darksmaster923
vrageprogrammer wrote:I would save the day.
+10000
You get a star for the day

Re: what would be saved?

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:21 pm
by scott
i am bumping this thread as i really need help with this, keeping it fresh in peoples mind will hopefuly give more results, these things will probably make it into my game so this is worth while and not one of those threads that just ask with no point at the end.

Re: what would be saved?

Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 2:13 pm
by vrageprogrammer
I'm saving scott 8)

Re: what would be saved?

Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:50 pm
by Allanon
Below is a link to the National Library of Australia which has an exhibit called "Treasures from the World's Great Libraries". It has a lot of items that I'm sure the world would liked saved.

http://www.nla.gov.au/worldtreasures/

Re: what would be saved?

Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 3:05 am
by scott
fantastic, i have had a bit to drink, so not gona comment properly now and also will take a look in the morning, this sort of stuff is exelent i would be greatfull for as much as possible, i wish i could contribute more to the community, though i hope my game will be suficiant.

Re: what would be saved?

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:06 pm
by scott
well i have struck gold with one site, would like more if you find them
thought to post my findings for an interesting read, also for proplr to use if they would like.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_of_ ... _Programme


edit*
well i think i may if just found all the stuff i will ever need, though if there is something missing from these pages post links.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Archives